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mitt romney. ( cheers and applause ) >> crowley: gentlemen, thank you both for joining us here tonight. we have a lot of folks who have been waiting all day to talk to you. i want to get right to it. governor romney, as you know you won the coin toss so the first question will go to you. i want to turn to a first-time voter, jeremy epstein who has a question for you. >> mr. president, governor romney, as a 20-year-old college student all i hear from professors, neighbors and others is that when i graduate i'll have little chance to get employment. what can you say to reassure me, but more importantly my parents that i will be able to sufficiently support myself after i graduate. >> romney: thank you, jeremy. i appreciate your question. thank you for being here this evening and to all of those from nassau county who have come, thank you for your time. thank you to hofstra university and candy crowley for organizing and leading this event. thank you, mr. president, also for being part of this debate
mitt romney. ( cheers and applause ) >> crowley: gentlemen, thank you both for joining us here tonight. we have a lot of folks who have been waiting all day to talk to you. i want to get right to it. governor romney, as you know you won the coin toss so the first question will go to you. i want to turn to a first-time voter, jeremy epstein who has a question for you. >> mr. president, governor romney, as a 20-year-old college student all i hear from professors, neighbors and others...
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and -- >> governor romney, that's not what you said. >> you can take a look -- >> governor romney, you did not say that you would provide government help. >> i said we would provide guarantees and that was what was able to allow these companies to go through bankruptcy to come out of bankruptcy under no circumstances would i do anything other than to help this industry get on its feet. and the idea that has been sulingdz that i would liquidate the industry, of course not. of course not. >> let's check the record. >> i have never said -- >> let's check the record. >> that i i would liquidate the industry. >> the people in detroit don't forget. >> i. >> that's dr.i have the kind of commitment to make sure that our industries in this country can compete and be successful. we in this country can compete successfully with anyone in the world. and we're going to. we're going to have to have a president, however that doesn't think that somehow the government investing in car companies like tesla and fisker, making electric battery cars there is not research, mr. president. these are-- the gov
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romney is already favored by white males. the women, of all color, they have always been in the presidents corner. until the first presidential debate nearly a month ago. some say because romney came off as a lot more likable and agreeable. others arg it is because women are finding this economy more disagreeable than the presidents advertisements. others think that he is picking up speed in the unlikeliest of places. pollsters say it is because in a lot of families, women are the ones payinthe bills right now. and they are paying attenti. they might just say it is the president who has been unfair economically to them. what you think? >> well, you are right. that first debate was really a turning point. women and a lot of other voters were seeing a cute picture of mitt romney in the media. but then they saw an energetic candidate. neil: i say that throughout these weeks, 14 or 15 points up on the mitt romney. >> only talk about women or the women's vote, you have to recognize that there is monolithic voting bloc that is the
romney is already favored by white males. the women, of all color, they have always been in the presidents corner. until the first presidential debate nearly a month ago. some say because romney came off as a lot more likable and agreeable. others arg it is because women are finding this economy more disagreeable than the presidents advertisements. others think that he is picking up speed in the unlikeliest of places. pollsters say it is because in a lot of families, women are the ones payinthe...
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last night obama and romney faced off in a debate that would likely remind many non voters many of whom i know watch this show or are sometimes on this show why they don't vote or if they do vote why they don't feel like there is a candidate for them looking at what likely voters care about most according to a recent rasmussen poll the economy remains by far the top issue on voters' minds on a list of the top ten issues that they regularly survey and i'd also like to point out that government corruption is second along with health care government corruption ranks second with likely voters in terms of importance never mind the nonvoters so where was the discussion last night of lobbying of special interests of corporate welfare of the favorable treatment for connected too big to fail firms on wall street that had their important business codified by dodd frank under obama and are likely to see an even a lighter touch by romney what about the serious conversation of slicing into the sacred cow of military spending and the major firms that benefit from it what about a more fair tax system
last night obama and romney faced off in a debate that would likely remind many non voters many of whom i know watch this show or are sometimes on this show why they don't vote or if they do vote why they don't feel like there is a candidate for them looking at what likely voters care about most according to a recent rasmussen poll the economy remains by far the top issue on voters' minds on a list of the top ten issues that they regularly survey and i'd also like to point out that government...
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he goes around saying that as if it was romney's intent. that's not romney's intent. romney god -- got to say the president is the one who's not telling the truthecaui woul do . >> a romney advisor last week said we have two goals. one is deficit reduction, one is tax cuts. cuts ie w we'll do deficit reduction. gwen: there's anoth numbe $716 million to deal with medicare but it's coming from different places and going to different places and trefore th fin - of de u in a draw. >> for the president's health care plan, in order to fund it they assumed savings over 10 years of $716 billion for medicare. mitt romney called that a cut in medicare as if it was a cut in beneficiaries. it's meant to come from providers. however, what romney was saying is that if you take that much from providers, some of them are going to stop taking medicare parents. the trick for him is that paul ryan, his running mate, also assumed the same $716 billion. gwen: and i believe romney's answer to that was i'm the candidate. >> i'm the boss. we're going to put that money back into medicare. gwe
he goes around saying that as if it was romney's intent. that's not romney's intent. romney god -- got to say the president is the one who's not telling the truthecaui woul do . >> a romney advisor last week said we have two goals. one is deficit reduction, one is tax cuts. cuts ie w we'll do deficit reduction. gwen: there's anoth numbe $716 million to deal with medicare but it's coming from different places and going to different places and trefore th fin - of de u in a draw. >>...
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romney, but romney was using what he had to whatever effect he could use it. what people were expecting was for barack obama to respond in kind. if you are being attacked, if you see somebody getting beat up on the side of the street and the guy doesn't fight back, you go, wow, that is just sad. like this guy just got beat up. why wouldn't he fight back and protect himself? barack obama was getting beat up. and he could have defended himself. it would have been a huge mistake for people to assume that barack obama is not effective at being able to communicate. he is very effective. knowing that and watching him not do what you know he is capable of doing was a very strange thing for most americans to see. >> got to wrap up it. charles blow, thanks for coming in. they both have attacks in their chest. if they are not using them, it's a debate, a battle. >> there you go. >>> if you fell asleep, if you forgot, if you were watching baseball because that was pretty good too the presidential debate will rerun on cnn in less than two hours. you can catch it again. go
romney, but romney was using what he had to whatever effect he could use it. what people were expecting was for barack obama to respond in kind. if you are being attacked, if you see somebody getting beat up on the side of the street and the guy doesn't fight back, you go, wow, that is just sad. like this guy just got beat up. why wouldn't he fight back and protect himself? barack obama was getting beat up. and he could have defended himself. it would have been a huge mistake for people to...
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romney, knocked obama out in the first round. there is a pro growth message and it doesn't start with government jobs. it starts with confidence and it starts with some kind of pro growth tax policy that is friendly to corporate america. we have the same tax rate as japan. it need to come down and there is plenty to do and romney, if he delivers it again, he may be out cold. >> i think he may have the more detailed growth plan. but regarding the jobs plan, which sounds like a lot what he did in 2009, you know, my motto here is if it was going to work it would have already worked. maybe that is why they didn't want to go down that road. it will be more spending for teachers or whatever. that stuff never works. it is about $250 billion in tax breaks from businesses. there are some economists who could argue that the program did create some jobs. this is his vision. what is that mis. >> i think it is hard to mathe spending increases employment. there is a dial back that offsets that increase. you see that in qe 2 and qe 3. if you go
romney, knocked obama out in the first round. there is a pro growth message and it doesn't start with government jobs. it starts with confidence and it starts with some kind of pro growth tax policy that is friendly to corporate america. we have the same tax rate as japan. it need to come down and there is plenty to do and romney, if he delivers it again, he may be out cold. >> i think he may have the more detailed growth plan. but regarding the jobs plan, which sounds like a lot what he...
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we will go to the romney side of supporters. how did romney do? >> he did very well i think what you would your tomorrow is that most analysts were neutral will say pretty much a drop they were both strong they both had their moments they both had their challenges this evening but i think both did very well and there was so much pressure on romney tonight because everything was expected to be on obama attacking. it was a building process and of course at first they started talking about oil and they started fighting with each other. that's when everything continued at that pace after that i think probably the toughest question was the libya issue into got through in about an hour in 10 minutes before it hits but it had to and i think that was tough i think his approach was supposed to be unemotional to say i'm the one that has to greet the casket but romney got some very strong winds on him and i know we have sound bites. >> he called the arizona lot a model for the nation part of it said that law enforcement officers could stop folks because they
we will go to the romney side of supporters. how did romney do? >> he did very well i think what you would your tomorrow is that most analysts were neutral will say pretty much a drop they were both strong they both had their moments they both had their challenges this evening but i think both did very well and there was so much pressure on romney tonight because everything was expected to be on obama attacking. it was a building process and of course at first they started talking about...
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with romney. panel, we have to take a break here. we we come back, round two, biden ryan. stay tuned. çúwñoa >>> the thing about congressman ryan is he has been straightforward up to now about everything he has -- all the significant changes he wants to make. >> he is fast on the cuff. he is a witty guy. he knows who he is. and he has been doing this for 40 years so you are not going to rattle joe biden. >> chris: vice president biden and congressman paul ryan trying to set tax increases ahead of their debate on thursday. i don't know how important it is terms who is actually going to win. i have to say i'm really looking forward to the ryan-biden debate. on one hand an old school liberal and a young gun conservative. i think it will be a real culture clash. kim, what do you expect? >> i think what you just said, what joe biden had going for him when barack obama went into the debate expectations were huge he was going to mop the floor with romney. joe biden does not have a high expectations
with romney. panel, we have to take a break here. we we come back, round two, biden ryan. stay tuned. çúwñoa >>> the thing about congressman ryan is he has been straightforward up to now about everything he has -- all the significant changes he wants to make. >> he is fast on the cuff. he is a witty guy. he knows who he is. and he has been doing this for 40 years so you are not going to rattle joe biden. >> chris: vice president biden and congressman paul ryan trying...
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romney. people haven't seen new ideas, smart energy. can they lock the campaign to it and can they now take advantage to really capitalize on the second look he's going to get. >> rose: was the romney you saw tonight the romney you knew, mike. >> yes. a little secret of the romney, i ran his campaign for governor back in 2002, and he won that state by performing really well in the debates. the go you saw tonight, smart, policy-focused, crisp. you look at him and think boy a guy who knows how to run something well. so i think the country in many ways got the first real look at that and then filtered away and now if the romney guys can keep that going for the month they're really back in the race. the next thing the media narrative will need a couple better polls for romney and my guess is they'll get them. they have a real opportunity to move forward. >> rose: john dickerson. >> on the poll of undecided voters right after the debate who watched, romney not only won two to one but on the questi
romney. people haven't seen new ideas, smart energy. can they lock the campaign to it and can they now take advantage to really capitalize on the second look he's going to get. >> rose: was the romney you saw tonight the romney you knew, mike. >> yes. a little secret of the romney, i ran his campaign for governor back in 2002, and he won that state by performing really well in the debates. the go you saw tonight, smart, policy-focused, crisp. you look at him and think boy a guy who...
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turns out romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. gwen: it's not an accident that they're duking it out over this but what i'm curious about is whether it's really about abortion this argument, or whether it's really about getting women to pay attention and show up. >> both. i think for the -- certainly for the obama voters it's about, hey, there are real things at stake here. this is don't be blase' if you're a woman and you kind of liked president obama but you've grown disillusioned and you might not show up. you have to show up because the issues you care about are at play. gwen: obama has lost ground with women voters, right? >> he has. we don't know. some polls suggest he's lost quite a lot of ground. he won -- he beat john mccain among women by 13 points. he needs to do that well or better. he's not doing that well even if you look consistently at polls. the question here is, a, turnout. but also that word extreme. senator bennett won his senate race in colorado in 2010 by essentially taking his republican opponent and telling
turns out romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. gwen: it's not an accident that they're duking it out over this but what i'm curious about is whether it's really about abortion this argument, or whether it's really about getting women to pay attention and show up. >> both. i think for the -- certainly for the obama voters it's about, hey, there are real things at stake here. this is don't be blase' if you're a woman and you kind of liked president obama but you've grown...
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so i continue to want to be a public servant. >> people are using things against romney. as many jobs as he made he wrecked. what have you made of that, someone who is a rich, successful man yourself? are you surprised that in america the country that gave you the opportunity to become what you are, that they would now turn on somebody for being what used to be the great american dream? >> well, first of all, as you know, john f. kennedy came from a very rich family so the democrats didn't complain about that when that happened but i don't even want to get into that because i have run for office and what is being said by the other side and what you say about the other side cannot take for real. i mean they don't believe it's a bad thing he was successful nor does i think the romney side believe sometimes what they accuse obama of so you cannot take this stuff that seriously. this is a political year. there is a campaign going on. they will try to do everything that they can and especially the groups out there that paint each other in the most or horrible way. that's the w
so i continue to want to be a public servant. >> people are using things against romney. as many jobs as he made he wrecked. what have you made of that, someone who is a rich, successful man yourself? are you surprised that in america the country that gave you the opportunity to become what you are, that they would now turn on somebody for being what used to be the great american dream? >> well, first of all, as you know, john f. kennedy came from a very rich family so the democrats...
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what's his debate advice for president obama and mitt romney? >> you've got to be able to look right into the screen and to communicate with the people. >> what does arnold schwarzenegger want to hear from the candidates? >> how are they going to bring both of the parties together and compromise rather than getting stuck in the idealogical corners. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, d-day. debate day is just4 hours away. president obama and mitt romney are deep into their final debate preparation as the clock ticks down for the big event in denver. meanwhile, their top surrogates are out on the campaign trail. paul ryan speaking out for romney in iowa. >> a handful of states will determine this outcome. a handful of states will determine which way our country goes. so you not only have a huge responsibility, you have a tremendous opportunity. >> meanwhile, michelle obama has been stumping for her husband, the president, in ohio. >> this election will be even closer than the last one. that is the only guar
what's his debate advice for president obama and mitt romney? >> you've got to be able to look right into the screen and to communicate with the people. >> what does arnold schwarzenegger want to hear from the candidates? >> how are they going to bring both of the parties together and compromise rather than getting stuck in the idealogical corners. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, d-day. debate day is just4...
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so if you're the romney campaign, something like that happens, romney just cut an ad for him the day before. so you worry about that. now, i talked to somebody, a senior advisor in the romney campaign after it happened and said does this make you nervous? he said, look, we tested -- tested this after todd akin and what we think people believe is just because somebody says a dumb thing they don't necessarily blame your candidate for it. but i'm not so sure there isn't osmosis at some point where you say well, it's a republican saying this and we've heard that a few times now. >> but what the obama campaign believes is any excuse to bring this up sways women toward them. i've talked to so many women voters where they do feel tugged in two different directions. maybe they do feel they are leaning toward romney because of the economy but if you get them thinking about adorgs and the social issues, then they lean back toward obama. so if they can just make these women voters have that issue at the top of their minds instead of the economy, that's what's going to sway them. gwen: here's an
so if you're the romney campaign, something like that happens, romney just cut an ad for him the day before. so you worry about that. now, i talked to somebody, a senior advisor in the romney campaign after it happened and said does this make you nervous? he said, look, we tested -- tested this after todd akin and what we think people believe is just because somebody says a dumb thing they don't necessarily blame your candidate for it. but i'm not so sure there isn't osmosis at some point where...
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is a liar, not mitt romney is a phony, not mitt romney is a flip flopper but mitt romney is a right wing extremist that's wha what they e been saying and been on that consistently and what happened in denver was mitt romney threw a monkey wrench into that plan and what w what we have seen ine last week is obama campaign scram blink around trying to recalibrate and they have had the message they have gotten to now is they are trying to simultaneously and this is what you saw biden do all might tonight simultaneously say, romney is a liar, can't be trusted, isn't telling the truth, can't be trusted and also let me remind you he said, he and paul ryan are right wing extremists at the same time so their message now is complicated, and it has posed the kind of strategic conundrum that i still don't think -- they are trying to do kind of a high brild of, hybrid, and flip flop, liar, liar and right wing radical and haven't quite found the right pitch for that yet and that's where joe biden is groping for and one of the things this debate showed me at least is that is what they are going to
is a liar, not mitt romney is a phony, not mitt romney is a flip flopper but mitt romney is a right wing extremist that's wha what they e been saying and been on that consistently and what happened in denver was mitt romney threw a monkey wrench into that plan and what w what we have seen ine last week is obama campaign scram blink around trying to recalibrate and they have had the message they have gotten to now is they are trying to simultaneously and this is what you saw biden do all might...
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thrs the challenge for mitt romney -- this is the challenge for mitt romney who the rap is he's too far away from the average voter. he can't quite connect. gwen: most famous town hall, at least one i remember the most is the one in which there were three people on stage. bill clinton, ross perot and george h.w. bush. and he looked at his watch. >> the important part of that was before he looked at his watch, he misunderstood a question from a voter he -- she phrased it awkwardly about the national debt. bush kind of bobbled the question. and bill clinton walked over and said i think i understand what you're talking about. and he did. gwen: and the other one in which george w. bush on stage with al gore and al gore crowded him and gave him had th look and what are you doing here and moved on. it was very smooth. i find these debates to be interesting. one thing presidential candidates don't do that the presidential candidates do is sit down. they stay at their podium and that changes the nature of the discussion it seems to me. >> and makes the eye rolling and all of that more easier be
thrs the challenge for mitt romney -- this is the challenge for mitt romney who the rap is he's too far away from the average voter. he can't quite connect. gwen: most famous town hall, at least one i remember the most is the one in which there were three people on stage. bill clinton, ross perot and george h.w. bush. and he looked at his watch. >> the important part of that was before he looked at his watch, he misunderstood a question from a voter he -- she phrased it awkwardly about...
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did not expect romney to hold that heat and romney was able to out obama, obama. >> mitt romney wins preparation and style. >>neil: something here is going on the last 24 hours because don't look nw, but this just in: do not resuscitate. the patient is fine. suddenly, out of nowhere, the mormon is stormin'. >> welcome, everyone, i ambassador neil cavuto and this is what a roaring romney sounded like. >> trickle down government is where the president will raise taxes on small business which kills jobs. i want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. this is about good jobs for the american people. >>neil: he swings, slams, scores, way too early to say if the swing states swinging back to the challenger but after last night, the critics say they probably stopped swinging away. larry said the race ain't over but he also is saying for the challenger it is an uphill fight. what do you make of last night and how this changes the dynamics? >> everyone, obviously, just about everyone, from right to left, says that romney won the debate. i gave you a full "a" and i give the
did not expect romney to hold that heat and romney was able to out obama, obama. >> mitt romney wins preparation and style. >>neil: something here is going on the last 24 hours because don't look nw, but this just in: do not resuscitate. the patient is fine. suddenly, out of nowhere, the mormon is stormin'. >> welcome, everyone, i ambassador neil cavuto and this is what a roaring romney sounded like. >> trickle down government is where the president will raise taxes on...
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nor does i think the romney side think sometimes what they accuse obama of. you cannot take this seriously. this is a political year, there's a campaign going on. they will try to do anything they can and especially the other groups out there who paint each other in the most horrible way, that's the way politics is. and for some reason or the other, negative ads play better than positive ads. therefore, you will always play the negative ads. >> i know you haven't decided who you're going to vote for in four weeks' time, but right now, if you had to vote tomorrow, who would you vote for? >> i have to first listen to the debates and then -- >> so they're that important to you. >> it's very important. to me, the debates were absolutely important. there were times when i made a decision way before, like president bush, because of the relationship of the kind of things that he has done for california, for instance, the kind of working relationship that we had and the history and also with senator mccain, i jumped in as soon as he declared because he has been a fri
nor does i think the romney side think sometimes what they accuse obama of. you cannot take this seriously. this is a political year, there's a campaign going on. they will try to do anything they can and especially the other groups out there who paint each other in the most horrible way, that's the way politics is. and for some reason or the other, negative ads play better than positive ads. therefore, you will always play the negative ads. >> i know you haven't decided who you're going...
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and when romney runs, romney has a new ad out saying he can work better with congress than obama has, that somebody didn't point out that this is an obstructionist republican majority in the house. >> i think that's because obama is in a trap. he has painted himself into a corner, which makes him vulnerable to the charge, which has been heard increasingly often, that you don't know what obama's going to do in his second term, that he doesn't have an agenda, that only the past he's willing to talk about, that was a failure. and he can't tell you because it's not going to be good. i think the problem obama has is that he can tell part of the story, thanks to bill clinton, which is, "they gave me a problem and i stopped what they were doing. now you don't want to give it back to the people who caused the problem." but what he is not then able to do, which i wish he would do, is to say, "and the reason it was so hard for me to do as much as i wanted, and the reason i need your help, america, going forward, is that these people are going to fight us tooth and nail every step of the way. an
and when romney runs, romney has a new ad out saying he can work better with congress than obama has, that somebody didn't point out that this is an obstructionist republican majority in the house. >> i think that's because obama is in a trap. he has painted himself into a corner, which makes him vulnerable to the charge, which has been heard increasingly often, that you don't know what obama's going to do in his second term, that he doesn't have an agenda, that only the past he's willing...
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head, romney was a different guy after the libya stumble and again, the romney folks believe th the fact checkers will tank their side but mitt romney couldn't make the argument. it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think is this sort of lingering question out there with some swing voters, particularly say in the upper midwest, the ohio, iowa, portion of this -- of these battleground states and yet it was, hey, i am going to be tougher on china, i am going to be more free trade, he didn't seem to have a solid answer of what makes me different than bush and then the president in there clearly was ready with his talking points. i will tell yo tell you how he s different from bush, hits him on medicare and on immigration. so it was almost a reverse of here you have the president with a plan and he executed it toni
head, romney was a different guy after the libya stumble and again, the romney folks believe th the fact checkers will tank their side but mitt romney couldn't make the argument. it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think...
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or romney administration use force? we really don't have the answer to that question. we still don't have the answer to that question. what is -- i thought it was for the first time we did hear, because i have asked romney this question about mubarek and by the way the number rec decision is one of the most consequential decision this is president made and it is going to be a historically a consequential decision, especially if a united states president is ever faced with this in a saudi arabia, frifns, an, for instance, and for the first time when romney hugged him on that i went, wow, because rom at this has come this close to saying i wouldn't have done that, he threw our ally under the bus, right? that has been a talking point of romney and boy not only did he backtrack from that he said you know i would have done the same thing as the president and that one floored me. >> so, charlie, one thing about the horses and bayonets line i think al is exactly right, there was substance to the barb, but you know we should ju
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mitt romney seems to turn them off. he backed a law in arizona which some said was racial profiling. he called for a high-tech fence along the mexican border and struck a hard note talking about illegal immigrants. >> the answer is self deportation, people decide that they can do better work here because they don't have legal documentation. >> the campaign has put on a burst of speed, intensely targeting latinos, especially in swing states like colorado. the latest poll gives obama 70% of the hispanic vote. romney has backpedaled and the written policy with a much softer focus on illegal immigration. some say this is a chance to touch home the new message. >> throw away the rhetoric, the language that turns people off, and talk about it in a real leadership way. >> as night falls, the intense preparations are at an end. they will soon face each other for a debate but some say will shake up the race for the white house. >> so, how significant is tonight's debate? i am joined by the national editor of "a vanity fair" maga
mitt romney seems to turn them off. he backed a law in arizona which some said was racial profiling. he called for a high-tech fence along the mexican border and struck a hard note talking about illegal immigrants. >> the answer is self deportation, people decide that they can do better work here because they don't have legal documentation. >> the campaign has put on a burst of speed, intensely targeting latinos, especially in swing states like colorado. the latest poll gives obama...
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president, i'm still speak. >> governor romney, i'm -- >> go ahead and finish, governor romney. you can make it short. see all these people, they've been waiting for you. >> just going to make a point. any investments i have over the last eight years have been managed by a blind trust. i understand they do include investments outside the united states, including in chinese companies. mr. president, have you looked at your pension? have you looked at your pension? >> candy, i've got to say -- >> mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> i don't look at my pension. it's not as big as yours. >> let me give you some advice. >> i don't check it that often. >> look at your investment. you also have investments in chinese companies, investments outside the united states. you also have investments in a cayman's trust. >> we're a little off topic here. come on. i thought we were talking about immigration. >> i came back to that so -- >> if i could have you sit down, governor romney. thank you. >> i want to make sure we do understand something. governor romney says he wasn't refe
president, i'm still speak. >> governor romney, i'm -- >> go ahead and finish, governor romney. you can make it short. see all these people, they've been waiting for you. >> just going to make a point. any investments i have over the last eight years have been managed by a blind trust. i understand they do include investments outside the united states, including in chinese companies. mr. president, have you looked at your pension? have you looked at your pension? >>...
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over the head with it again and again and again especially when romney says stuff like this. will also make sure that we have trade relations with china that work for us i've watched year in and year out as companies have shut down and people have lost their jobs because china has not played by the same rules. yeah he has watched year in and year out and why didn't the president just mention since saddam call romney out for being a predatory capitalism ships american jobs overseas you see romney is the face of the outsourcing of the american economy he made his living on it he made millions hundreds of millions of dollars shipping jobs out of our country and all the president has to do is just mention since saddam tell the story of since saddam exposed mitt romney over since saddam but the president didn't in fact he didn't mention since sata in three debates he had a trump card on romney and he could have played in all three debates and he chose not to and that's because he knows and romney knows that telling the story of since other means exposing what's really happening in
over the head with it again and again and again especially when romney says stuff like this. will also make sure that we have trade relations with china that work for us i've watched year in and year out as companies have shut down and people have lost their jobs because china has not played by the same rules. yeah he has watched year in and year out and why didn't the president just mention since saddam call romney out for being a predatory capitalism ships american jobs overseas you see...
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romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is, is favorable, unfavorable, governor romney went into the general election season based on most polls as the worst nominee of either party ever in terms of do you like this person or not? do you think of them favorably, unfavorably, he has really improved and in fact in some polling he went past the president on that measure. and that is to go back to the question of what is the one dynamic of this campaign? would he be seen as acceptable? i think he improved enough to be acceptable he has not been destroyed the way kerry was destroyed. the swift boat commercials. >> and by punishable sizing his saying i was for it before i was against it and the video of windsurfing and
romney needed to do three things. on cares about you, understands the middle class be closer than he could have been, he couldn't lose those by large double digit margins and narrowed those. couldn't win them, had no narrow them. had plans for the economy needed a significant lead. the president has been ahead at times, kind of remarkable and three is, is favorable, unfavorable, governor romney went into the general election season based on most polls as the worst nominee of either party ever...
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and mitt romney's wife is doing the same thing. many view the candidates' wives as better campaigners, better campaigners and connectors to these middle-class women down their husbands. you will see them continuing to do what they do, both to rally their respective bases, but again, to try to convince the undecided women to go with their husbands. >> kelly, thank you still to come on tonight's program, if you think u.s. policy is a slugfest, we will take you to the ukraine where an aunt -- where a fighter is now fighting for his party. an historic agreement on protecting the huge antarctic can hardly be reached in the next week. there are still differences over how to protect this unique ecosystem. >> there is nowhere else on earth like it. the antarctic, home to paint with, wales, and seals, it has been described as the most perfect ecosystem on the planet. dozens of countries and organizations are meeting in a cavity in city to discuss its future. -- in a tasmania and city to discuss its future. but there are already differences
and mitt romney's wife is doing the same thing. many view the candidates' wives as better campaigners, better campaigners and connectors to these middle-class women down their husbands. you will see them continuing to do what they do, both to rally their respective bases, but again, to try to convince the undecided women to go with their husbands. >> kelly, thank you still to come on tonight's program, if you think u.s. policy is a slugfest, we will take you to the ukraine where an aunt...
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romney. joining me now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, now an nbc news political analyst and ana marie cox. >> good to be here. >> governor rendell, let me go to you first. how does president obama's perform man last night impact the race with 20 days to go? >> i think it does two things and they are both beneficial. one, i think as you can see from the flash polls, not only did people generally think he won the debate, but independent voters by a fairly wide margin thought he won the debate and i believe there is still 8 or 10% that haven't made up their mind. you know, the pollsters say they are 4% undecided but a lot of people lean that can still be persuaded. so i think he made a very compelling case. he looked like the leader that he is, he addressed the issues forthright and called governor romney on the mistakes and misstatements and he actually left a few of them out like governor romney said he would grow the pell grants and the romney/ryan budget cuts them, not grows the
romney. joining me now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, now an nbc news political analyst and ana marie cox. >> good to be here. >> governor rendell, let me go to you first. how does president obama's perform man last night impact the race with 20 days to go? >> i think it does two things and they are both beneficial. one, i think as you can see from the flash polls, not only did people generally think he won the debate, but independent voters by a fairly wide...
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and it was mostly mitt romney. let's watch that. >> there have been 122 community and small banks have closed since dodd-frank so there's one example. here's another, in dodd-frank -- >> lehrer: do you want to repeal dodd-frank? >> i would repeal it and replace it. we're not going to get rid of regulation. you have to have regulation. there are some parts of dodd frank that make all the sense in the world. you need transparency, you need to have leverage limits for institutions. >> lehrer: well, there's a specific. but -- >> let me mention the other one. >> lehrer: excuse me. >> let's mention the other one -- >> lehrer: let's not. let's let him respond to this specific on dodd-frank and what the governor just said. >> warner: why was that a big moment? >> the reason for the explosion of tweets at that moment is some people were rooting for mitt romney, feeling he should be able to make his last point, some people were rooting for president obama who look bemused and some were voting for jim lehrer because this was
and it was mostly mitt romney. let's watch that. >> there have been 122 community and small banks have closed since dodd-frank so there's one example. here's another, in dodd-frank -- >> lehrer: do you want to repeal dodd-frank? >> i would repeal it and replace it. we're not going to get rid of regulation. you have to have regulation. there are some parts of dodd frank that make all the sense in the world. you need transparency, you need to have leverage limits for...
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and mitt romney was wrong. and this, they're still on the defensive about this, at recently as thursday night in defines, ohio, rob portman, senator from ohio and the surrogate debate substitute for president obama introduced mitt romney saying let's get this straight. mitt romney was the first guy-- barack obama took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. mitt romney was for guaranteeing loans, and they're still trying to explain it. and he's very much on the defensive. so obama is running better with whites and white males in ohio than he is elsewhere, in large part because of the auto bailout and they've got a great ground game in ohio too. >> we should emphasize it's not a slam-dunk for obama. if you look at the polls it's been a very steady two point advantage. >> uh-huh. >> in the state for obama. and one of the oddities of the race so far is that the national numbers probably a slight romney favorite right now, the state numbers like ohio, and obama favored. and i don't know too many experienced political h
and mitt romney was wrong. and this, they're still on the defensive about this, at recently as thursday night in defines, ohio, rob portman, senator from ohio and the surrogate debate substitute for president obama introduced mitt romney saying let's get this straight. mitt romney was the first guy-- barack obama took gm and chrysler through bankruptcy. mitt romney was for guaranteeing loans, and they're still trying to explain it. and he's very much on the defensive. so obama is running better...
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with romney. panel, we have to take a break here. we we come back, round two, biden ryan. stay tuned. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. >>> the thing about congressman ryan is he has been straightforward up to now about everything he has -- all the significant changes he wants to make. >> he is fast on the cuff. he is a witty guy. he knows who he is. and he has been doing this for 40 years so you are not going to rattle joe biden. >> chris: vice president biden and congressman paul ryan trying to set tax increases ahead of their debate on thursday. i don't know how important it is terms who is actually going to win. i have to say i'm really looking forward to the ryan-biden
with romney. panel, we have to take a break here. we we come back, round two, biden ryan. stay tuned. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4g lte network, and motorola, droid does. get $100 off select motorola 4g lte smartphones like the droid razr. >>> the thing about...
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governor romney says he's got a five point plan governor romney doesn't have a five point plan he has a one point plan and that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules that's been his philosophy in the private sector that's been his philosophy as governor that's been his philosophy as a presidential candidate also the president tied mitt romney to those now infamous forty seven percent comments devoting his closing remarks to the issue. when he said before behind closed doors that forty seven percent of the country considers themselves victims who refuse personal responsibility think about who he was talking about folks on social security who have worked all their lives veterans who sacrificed for this country students who are out there trying to hopefully advance their own dreams but also this country's dreams soldiers who are overseas fighting force right now people who are working hard every day paying payroll tax gas taxes but don't make enough income and i want to fight for them that's what i've been doing for the last four years because if the
governor romney says he's got a five point plan governor romney doesn't have a five point plan he has a one point plan and that plan is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules that's been his philosophy in the private sector that's been his philosophy as governor that's been his philosophy as a presidential candidate also the president tied mitt romney to those now infamous forty seven percent comments devoting his closing remarks to the issue. when he said before...
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when we look at the ryan-romney... excuse me, the romney-ryan team talking about this foreign policy mess, the unraveling as paul ryan referred to it, particularly including libya and the larger middle east policy, what do you see? what do you make of that? >> well, i'm afraid there is truth in the fact that the position of the united states in the middle east is unraveling. but one has to go back a number of years and ask what has set that process in motion? i'm afraid that the united states simply has fumbled over the years. the unique opportunity it had to shape a more stable and more peaceful middle east. >> brown: what do you mean by that? >> well, first of all, the israeli-palestinian peace issue. you know, today the middle east... the masses are stirring. every public opinion poll tells us the masses have a negative view of american position on that issue because they see the united states as failing to move the peace process forward. i'm afraid there is some truth to that conclusion. >> brown: walter mead, what
when we look at the ryan-romney... excuse me, the romney-ryan team talking about this foreign policy mess, the unraveling as paul ryan referred to it, particularly including libya and the larger middle east policy, what do you see? what do you make of that? >> well, i'm afraid there is truth in the fact that the position of the united states in the middle east is unraveling. but one has to go back a number of years and ask what has set that process in motion? i'm afraid that the united...
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governor romney, the opposite. the last thing we need now is another war. >> congressman ryan. >> we mourn the loss of these four americans who were murdered. when you take a look at what has happened just in the last few weeks, they sent the u.n. ambassador out to say that this was because of a protest and a youtube video. it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. he went to the u.n. and in his speech at the u.n. he said six times, he talked about the youtube video. look, if we are hit by terrorists, we're going to call it for what it is, a terrorist attack. our ambassador in paris has a marine detachment guarding him. shouldn't we have a marine detachment guarding our ambassador in benghazi, a place where we knew that there was an al qaeda cell with arms? this is becomes more troubling by the day. they first blamed the youtube video. now they are trying to blame its romney-ryan particular for making this an issue. with respect to iraq, we had the same position before the wit
governor romney, the opposite. the last thing we need now is another war. >> congressman ryan. >> we mourn the loss of these four americans who were murdered. when you take a look at what has happened just in the last few weeks, they sent the u.n. ambassador out to say that this was because of a protest and a youtube video. it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. he went to the u.n. and in his speech at the u.n. he said six times, he talked...